Pocket safety-razor.



l. M, WELCH.

POCKET S APPLICAHGN ET RAZOR.

FILED AFH.5,1918.

P; sented Miu'. 18, N19.

ing at Saratoga Pocket SafetyfRazors,

shave.

En s'rAiEs PATENT orrion JOHN M. WELCH, 0F SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR TO EDITH CHARLOTTE WELCH, OF SABATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

To all whom t may concern.'

of Canada, resid- Springs, New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in of which the followa citizen ofthe Dominion ing is aspecification.

rlhe obJect of the present invention is to provide a safety razor ofthefolding or l knockdown type which-will take up a minimum amount of spacewhen not in use and 1s especially adapted for the use of traveling menand soldiers with whom a little additional space is a point well worthconsidering.

.My about the same space as that of a fountain pen and it will take upno more room.

Other objects of my invention `are to produce va light, cheap andperfectly balanced razor which will give a good clean, smooth With theabove and other objects in view the invention consists essentially ofthe im proved construction particularly 'described and pointed out inthe accompanying drawings forming a part of the same in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my razor as it would be carried in thepocket.

Fig. 2 is a front view with the parts assembled and ready for use.

Fig. 3 isa sectional view o f Fig. il. l

Fig. lis a. plan view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional side view of per part of Fig. 2. 0

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are respectively details of the 'ard member, theclamping member and the blade.

. In the drawings, 1 'designates a tubular casing which forms the handleof the .razor and which may be made of 4any suitable metal butpreferably of some light metal the iipsuch as aluminum. When the razoris not in use the casing 1 is closed by means of caps 2 and 3 which are-screw-tlireaded thereon. The cap 2 is provided with a slot 14 intowhich the head .1 hereinafter referred to is held, butl when the razoris not in use this slot is closed by the upper end of the casing 1 so asto prevent the entrance'of dirt. Midway of the casing 1 is a partition 4whichv divides the casing into up er and lower chambers 5 and 6.v Thecham r 6 is adapted to carry a supply of extra blades 7 and will hold asmany as three dozen,

Specification of Letters Patent.

' proved razor is .adapted to occupyl Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Appncaun mea Aprii e, 191s. serial Nq. 227,084.

while the chamber 5 is used to store the head consisting of the guardmember 8, the blade 9 and the clamping bar 10. The guard member 8' hasthe usual downwardl curved fingers 11 and has near its rear edyge holes12 adapted when in assembled position, to receive the projections 13 onthe clamping bar l0 which holds the blade .9 firmly in place against theguard 8'.

When it is desired to use the razor,'the cap 2 is unscrewed from thecasing and the head taken out and the cap screwed back on the casinguntil thelower edge of the slot 14: in the.cap is about even with thetop of the upper edge of the casing. The parts are then assembled withthe blade 9 between the guard v8 and the clamping bar 10, which is heldin correct position by th`e projections 13 extending through the holes12 in the guard member. These parts are then placed in the slot 14 andheld with the left hand while the right hand is used to screw the casing.1 farther into the cap until the parts are tightly` wedged between thetop of the casing 'and the top edge of the slo't which is curved to litthe top of the clamping bar. In order to register the parts centrally Imay groove the guard member on its under side to receive the edge of thecasing 1 and thus keep the parts central and prevent slipping.'

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have produced a razor whichcan be very' conveniently carried in the pocket, perfectly balanced,cheap to manufacture and economical in use as the'blades which are lessthan one quarter of`an inch wide can be made at a minimum cost.

What I 4 claim is:

1. A razor comprising a body, a clamping cap, said body being telescopicwith said cap, a slot in said cap, a shaving head in said slot and heldtherein byeng-agement with the body and cap, substantially as described.2. A razor comprising a body, a clamping cap on one end, a slot in saidcap, `a shaving head in said slot and held therein when in u-se byengagement with the body and cap, said body and cap being provided withcooperating threaded portions whereby the screwing of one onto the othercauses the clamping of the head in the slot, substantially as described.

3. A razor comprising a body, a head, a

clamping ca on one end of the body and a transverse s ot in the said capin which the head is clamped by engagement With the body7 and cap,substantially as described.

4. A razor comprising a body, a head, a clamping cap on one end of thebody and a transverse slot in the said cap in Whichthe head is clampedby engagement With the body Iand cap, the said slot having its loweredge lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the body and itsupper edge lying in a plane at an angle to the perpendicular plane tothe axis of the body, substantially' as described.

5. In ombination With a razor head, a .l5 guard member having holestherein, a clamping bar having projections fitting insaid holes and ablade clamped therebetween in advance of the projections, substantiallyas described.

JOHN M; WELCH.-

